Trade in Lion Body Parts Threatens Lion Populations
Parties at the 17th Conference of the Parties (CoP 17) of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Johannesburg voted Monday in favor of a much diluted…
UN Aid Chief to Security Council: Syria Is Bleeding
In his appeal to the Security Council, a top United Nations relief official called on the global body’s primary organ for maintenance of peace and security to act immediately to…
UN Urges Russia and US to Cooperate for Peace in Syria
Amid the unprecedented military assault on eastern Aleppo (a city in Syria), where fireballs from incendiary bombs “light up the pitch darkness,” the United Nations (UN) had a special message…
Syrian Ceasefire Sees Drop in Violence: UN Envoy
Nearly 24 hours after the latest cessation of hostilities in Syria began, a United Nations (UN) envoy said Tuesday that despite allegations of mortar shelling and airstrikes on Monday evening,…
Coalition Forces Hit ISIS Terrorist Leader Adnani
With a strong force of over 70,000 fighters under its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, ISIL is attacking different nations with the aim to set up a large Islamic State called…
Boko Haram-Hit Nigeria Faces Food Scarcity
The number of people in need of food assistance in north-eastern Nigeria has risen to 4.5 million, nearly twice as many as in March, according to a mid-August analysis (Cadre…